DEIDRE O'CONNELL

In addition to Stone Cold Dead Serious, Deirdre O'Connell's close to fifty theatre credits include the New York Shakespeare Festival's production of 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (directed by JoAnne Akalaitis); numerous productions at the Los Angeles Theatre Center including Stars in the Morning Sky (Dramalogue Award and Los Angeles Critics Award), Three Ways Home, The Geography of Luck, Etta Jenks (Dramalogue Award); Agnes of God (with Sandy Dennis and Geraldine Page) at Westport and Cape Playhouse; The Tempest (directed by Robert Woodruff) at La Jolla Playhouse, Fool for Love at Trinity Repertory Company (directed by David Wheeler); A Lie of the Mind at Promenade Theatre (directed by Sam Shepard); Mud at the Signature Theatre; In the Blood at the New York Shakespeare Festival; and The Front Page at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center (directed by Jerry Zaks. She has appeared on television in the series The Practice "Second Noah", L.A. Doctors, Law and Order, Chicago Hope, Sirens, Kate and Allie, Kansas, and the HBO film From the Earth to the Moon, among others. Her film credits include Hearts in Atlantis, City of Angels, Smoke, Fearless, Leaving Normal, State of Grace, Tin Men, and Anna. She began acting at an experimental theatre called Stage One at the Boston Center for the Arts.